Halifax Central Library | 27 m | 6 fl | Completed

[haligonia]

That looks fantastic! The sidewalks on Queen Street are currently extremely narrow, so the widening will be a welcome change! It's also great that they're burying the power lines.

[Chadillaccc]

Originally Posted by Keith P.

Anything to drive the cost up, I expect.

When the first of those lettered panes fails and needs replacement, I fully expect to see an army of Halifax Library staff with sheets of Letraset go to work on the unlettered replacement panels.

I happened by this monstrosity last night. In the setting sun, the "orange" glass looked more like baby-sh** brown. Seems an appropriate legacy.

Wow what a buzz kill. Take an ambien or valium or something man.



Looks great guys! Any city would be so lucky! Hope our new one is even half as nice, because our current one is a Brutalist disaster of 1960s design.

[RyeJay]

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

Wow what a buzz kill. Take an ambien or valium or something man.

He does.

You should see the comments he makes when he's not high

[Nifta]

Nice link. And that's the first time I think I've seen a rendering of the library plaza.

[Keith P.]

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

Wow what a buzz kill. Take an ambien or valium or something man.

Pills or drugs will not stop the rape of the ratepayer that has occurred here. We could have had a very nice and perfectly acceptable library for half the cost of this excessive thing. But Queen Judith Hare fiddled about with the process from day one, from the site selection to the budgeting to the architecture and pretty much everything else, including the sham public consultation. She has succeeded in leaving a legacy that puts taxpayers will be on the hook for decades to come. It is a shameful abuse of public funds and I shall continue to speak out against the celebration of such blatant waste.

[JET]

Originally Posted by RyeJay

He does.

You should see the comments he makes when he's not high

Just because you don't agree with what he says, there is no excuse for such defamatory statements. You should really apologize for that. If that was said about someone else a moderator would be all over you. What's fair for one is fair for all.

[Keith P.]

Originally Posted by JET

Just because you don't agree with what he says, there is no excuse for such defamatory statements. You should really apologize for that. If that was said about someone else a moderator would be all over you. What's fair for one is fair for all.

He's just a young know-it-all punk kid, so there's no reason to pay attention to what he says. I don't pay him any mind.

[Chadillaccc]

Hmmm, sure isn't much discussion about this, for a building finally coming to aesthetic fruition! How is the cladding shaping up?

[haligonia]

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

Hmmm, sure isn't much discussion about this, for a building finally coming to aesthetic fruition! How is the cladding shaping up?

If you want to check in on the progress from Calgary, there's a webcam that shows much of the building on the library website: http://www.halifaxcentrallibrary.ca/webcam.html

It's too rainy to see much today, but on clear days you can see the cladding pretty well. I walked by earlier in the week and it looked awesome.

[OldDartmouthMark]

Originally Posted by haligonia

If you want to check in on the progress from Calgary, there's a webcam that shows much of the building on the library website: http://www.halifaxcentrallibrary.ca/webcam.html

It's too rainy to see much today, but on clear days you can see the cladding pretty well. I walked by earlier in the week and it looked awesome.

I agree, I viewed it on the weekend from a vantage point near the parking lot on Dresden Row and it is quite impressive in person. The orange glass really stands out.

I think it will be a very interesting and iconic building when finished.

[Keith P.]

Originally Posted by OldDartmouthMark

I agree, I viewed it on the weekend from a vantage point near the parking lot on Dresden Row and it is quite impressive in person. The orange glass really stands out.

I happened to be in the area earlier this week and snapped a pic of this monstrosity from the Morris St intersection. You can certainly see the orange glass.

[gm_scott]

Looks pretty orange (not purple) to me.

[someone123]

The library looks pretty interesting from that angle. I haven't seen it in person, but I like the glass patterns in the photos. I am eager to see what the upper cantilevered section will look like with cladding.

The library has also cut down substantially on the "sea of parking" effect that existed in this area after the infirmary was torn down.

[RyeJay]

Originally Posted by someone123

The library has also cut down substantially on the "sea of parking" effect that existed in this area after the infirmary was torn down.

Speaking of which, new aerial photos of the downtown should be more pleasant.

[teddifax]

Pictures, I took today! http://www.flickr.com/photos/81832891@N04/9498832714/
and http://www.flickr.com/photos/81832891@N04/9498835994/

[haligonia]

Keeping the trees along Spring Garden was a fantastic decision. I can't wait to see what this will look like when fully completed and landscaped, I'm sure it'll be stunning.

[Keith P.]

AllNovaScotia.com is reporting that ongoing problems with the custom glass have led to unrecoverable delays in completion of the building and the schedule has been pushed back again. Apparently many of the panels are arriving damaged, not up to specification, or with failed seals.

This will prove to be a nightmare after completion. Another bad idea from our imported designers.

[RyeJay]

Originally Posted by haligonia

Keeping the trees along Spring Garden was a fantastic decision. I can't wait to see what this will look like when fully completed and landscaped, I'm sure it'll be stunning.

You're right; the mature trees really do add nicely to the library.
As far as the new landscaping goes...I have no idea how it'll end up. If it resembles the graphics provided in the proposal documents, it should look alright.

The last municipal landscaping disaster I've seen was in the City of Dieppe, last year or the year before, as they planted Sugar Maples, Red Maples (etc.) along Paul Street, which feeds traffic to the Champlain shopping district, as well as their centre-ville. Anyway: roughly half of the trees have died and had to be replaced, with trees that are now showing die-back like the previous crop.

[fenwick16]

Originally Posted by Keith P.

AllNovaScotia.com is reporting that ongoing problems with the custom glass have led to unrecoverable delays in completion of the building and the schedule has been pushed back again. Apparently many of the panels are arriving damaged, not up to specification, or with failed seals.

This will prove to be a nightmare after completion. Another bad idea from our imported designers.

I also have concerns about the library getting replacement glass panes in the future. Hopefully spare panes have been ordered and will be kept in storage.

This pictures was posted by kph06 in the Sister Sites thread. The orange glass looks very inconsistent in colour shade. I think that the panes over the yellow insulation look purple and the panes that will be see-through look like the correct shade of orange. The grey stencilled glass on the bottom levels looks good.

[ILoveHalifax]

Originally Posted by Keith P.

AllNovaScotia.com is reporting that ongoing problems with the custom glass have led to unrecoverable delays in completion of the building and the schedule has been pushed back again. Apparently many of the panels are arriving damaged, not up to specification, or with failed seals.

This will prove to be a nightmare after completion. Another bad idea from our imported designers.

Can't they just fill in the spots without glass with beige vinyl?